Ethics and moral philosophy

This is the first edited collection devoted entirely to the question of the role of animals in the thought of Immanuel Kant.

Diese kritische Edition von Epiktets Encheiridion ist die erste, die auf einer vollständigen Wertung der gesamten Überlieferung basiert.

Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of criminology, international law, philosophy and architectural history and theory, this book examines the interrelationships between architecture and justice, highlighting the provocative and curiously ambiguous juncture between the two.

Why do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail?

Every year, millions of students in the United States and around the world graduate from high school and college.

Ethics: Contemporary Readings is designed to lead any student into the subject, through carefully selected classic and contemporary articles.

In this wholly original study, Josep Corbi asks how one should relate to a certain kind of human suffering, namely, the harm that people cause one another.

Nineteenth-century European thought, especially in Germany, was increasingly dominated by a new historicist impulse to situate every event, person, or text in its particular context.

Cloning - few words have as much potential to grip our imagination or grab the headlines.

The Nature of Moral Thinking is an introductory text to the questions of ethics, offering a solid philosophical and historical basis for understanding the central issues.

This book addresses a prominent group of virtues and vices as portrayed in popular films to further our understanding of these moral character traits.

Locating poetry in a philosophy of the everyday, Brett Bourbon continues a tradition of attention to logic in everyday utterances through Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, and Cavell, arguing that poems are events of form, not just collections of words, which shape everyone's lives.

Faith & MoralsHere - carefully documented, footnoted, and indexed - is not only what the Church teaches but also why it is obligated to do so.

In the contemporary (practical) philosophy, recognition is one of the central concepts.

The question of the nature of humanity is one of the most complex of all philosophical and theological inquiries.

Hare has written a clear, brief, and readable introduction to ethics which looks at all the fundamental problems of the subject.

Ein gutes Leben, das Richtige tun: Wie kann das gelingen?

With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear'Remarkably lively and enjoyable.

Maine de Biran's work has had an enormous influence on the development of French Philosophy – Henri Bergson called him the greatest French metaphysician since Descartes and Malebranche, Jules Lachelier referred to him as the French Kant, and Royer-Collard called him simply 'the master of us all' – and yet the philosopher and his work remain unknown to many English speaking readers.

Women's needs are placed at the centre of this collection.

In a crisp, original style the author approaches the crucial question of moral theory, the `is--ought' problem via communicative argumentation.

A person cannot create a butterfly out of non-living components and breathe life into it.

In a world permeated by digital technology, engineering is involved in every aspect of human life.

Iris Murdoch's moral philosophy, although highly influential in 20th century moral theory, is somewhat unsystematic and inaccessible.

Business cases are at the heart of business ethics as a discipline.

Intelligent Virtue presents a distinctive new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas.

It is often said that bioethics emerged from theology in the 1960s, and that since then it has grown into a secular enterprise, yielding to other disciplines and professions such as philosophy and law.

In this original book, Robert Elliott Allinson asserts that philosophers have been lulled into a dogmatic sleep by Immanuel Kant, the slayer of metaphysics, who has convinced them (and the rest of humanity) that we can never know Reality.

Most people are too busy to keep up with all the good movies they'd like to see, so why should anyone spend their precious time watching the bad ones?

This book contains some of the papers which were presented at the NATO Science, Environmental Security, Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health"e; held in Budapest from June 26 to July 1, 1999.

What is goodness?

Get ready for the new three R's: Resist, Revolt, Rewild More than ever, people are longing for deep and meaningful change.

In Nietzsche's first book The Birth of Tragedy (1872), cultural renewal is paramount among his concerns.

With a new Introduction by the author'An elegant and sane little book.

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Moral systems, like normative systems more broadly, involve complex mental representations.

Philosophical interest in forgiveness has seen a resurgence.

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area's population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry.

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues develops a philosophical appreciation of the spiritual life.

The revised second edition of the accessible guide to contemporary ethical issues that are at the intersection of religion and morality The updated second edition of Do Morals Matter?

The theory of action underlying Immanuel Kant's ethical theory is the subject of this book.

Fredrik Svenaeus' book is a delight to read.

Global Justice: The Basics is a straightforward and engaging introduction to the theoretical study and practice of global justice.